We Have a Ghost (2023) poster
2023 · horror · comedy · supernatural · spy

We Have a Ghost

Directed by Christopher Landon2h 7m2023
ElsewhereIMDb6.137kRT44%Metacritic53
  • brisk
  • intense
  • inventive
Movie DNA

Neutral, kinetic, measured horror / comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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After Kevin finds a ghost named Ernest haunting his new home, he becomes an overnight social media sensation. But when Kevin and Ernest go rogue to investigate the mystery of the latter's past, they become targets of the CIA.

Our read · We Have a Ghost (2023) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive horror · comedy · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a family-friendly ghost comedy with heart, TikTok chaos, and David Harbour.

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 12attention 2/5feels its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upjump scaresgraphic violence

Skip it tonightSkip if gooey sentiment and teen sitcom beats outweigh the spooky fun.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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